BILL NUMBER: SB 1469	CHAPTERED  09/27/00

	CHAPTER   747
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 22, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Costa

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2000

   An act to amend Section 17292 of, and to add Section 17292.1 to,
the Education Code, relating to relocatable school buildings, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1469, Costa.  School buildings:  relocatable buildings.
   Existing law, the Field Act, requires that an owned relocatable
building that is to be used for school purposes is subject to certain
provisions requiring approval of plans and relating to the
structural safety of school buildings.  The Field Act provides that,
notwithstanding those provisions, that an owned or leased relocatable
building that does not meet those requirements may be used as a
school building through September 30, 1997, if certain conditions are
met, including that the relocatable building was in use for
classroom purposes on or before September 30, 2007.  The Field Act
also requires any relocatable building that has received a
certification of compliance from the Department of General Services
as required by those provisions to be reinspected for structural
integrity by the Division of the State Architect by December 31,
2002.
   This bill would delete the condition that required the relocatable
building to be in use for classroom purposes on or before September
30, 1997, and would add the condition that the relocatable building
be manufactured and in use for classroom purposes on or before May 1,
2000.  The bill would require the governing board of a school
district to certify, for each relocatable building used as a school
building pursuant to these provisions, that commencing September 30,
2007, the relocatable building is no longer being used as a school
building.  The bill would make other conforming changes in those
provisions.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 17292 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   17292.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, an owned or
leased relocatable building that does not meet the requirements of
Section 17280 may be used until September 30, 2007, as a school
building, if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The relocatable building was manufactured and was in use for
classroom purposes on or before May 1, 2000, and bears a commercial
coach insignia of approval from the Department of Housing and
Community Development.
   (2) The relocatable building is a single story structure with not
more than 2,160 square feet of interior floor area when all sections
are joined together.
   (3) The relocatable building was constructed after December 19,
1979, and bears a commercial coach insignia of approval from the
Department of Housing and Community Development.
   (4) The bracing and anchoring of interior overhead nonstructural
elements, such as light fixtures and heating and air-conditioning
diffusers, and the foundation system complies with the applicable
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article and published
in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (5) The building construction, including associated site
construction, except for the relocatable building defined in
paragraph (2), complies with the applicable rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to this article, Sections 4450 to 4458, inclusive,
of the Government Code, and Section 13143 of the Health and Safety
Code and the administrative and building standards published in Title
19 and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (6) The Department of General Services has issued a certification
of compliance with the requirements of this article.
   (b) The Department of General Services may assess fees to carry
out the requirements of this section.  Fees imposed pursuant to this
subdivision shall be equal to the costs associated with making the
certifications and inspections required by, and otherwise enforcing,
this section and shall be deposited in the Public School Planning,
Design, and Construction Review Revolving Fund.
   (c) Any relocatable building that has received a certification of
compliance from the Department of General Services pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be reinspected for structural integrity by the
Division of the State Architect by December 31, 2002.
   (d) For each relocatable building that was used as a school
building pursuant to this section, the governing board of the school
district shall adopt a resolution by October 30, 2007, certifying to
the State Allocation Board that commencing September 30, 2007, the
relocatable building is no longer being used as a school building.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   Existing waivers of the requirements for the design, construction,
reconstruction, alteration of, or addition to, school buildings that
were granted by the State Allocation Board to authorize the use of
relocatable classrooms meeting certain structural standards and other
conditions expire on September 30, 2000.  The loss of the ability to
retain these buildings will force school districts to replace
existing relocatable classrooms.  The relocatable classrooms
currently in use may continue to be used if retrofitted pursuant to
provisions of this act.  In order to provide school districts with
adequate time to make the decisions necessary to either upgrade or
replace these buildings, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.
